The Rangers have reunited with right-hander Adrian Sampson on a minor league contract with an invitation to big league camp, Gerry Fraley of the Dallas Morning News reports. The club temporarily cut ties with Sampson when it non-tendered him on Nov. 30.
A fifth-round pick of the Pirates in 2012, Sampson has been with the Rangers since November 2016, when they claimed him off waivers from the division-rival Mariners. Sampson has since totaled 23 innings and five appearances (four starts) in Texas, all of which came last season, and posted a 4.30 ERA/6.03 FIP with 5.87 K/9, 1.57 BB/9 and a 36.5 percent groundball rate.
While Sampson hasn’t been overly successful with the Rangers, the 27-year-old has done well as a member of their Triple-A affiliate, as he recorded a microscopic 0.90 ERA with the team in 10 innings in 2017 and then a respectable 3.77 mark in 126 2/3 frames last year. In all, Sampson carries a 4.11 ERA with 6.5 K/9 against 1.8 BB/9 in 398 2/3 innings at the minors’ highest level.
yeah, they had to sign adrian!
4.30 ERA, with 6.03 FIP? Yikes. (In 23 IP)
Guy might have worse peripheral stats than Cashner.
Yea I was very surprised the Orioles did not see that last year and Cashner anyway
Signed Cashner anyway is what I meant
Samsonite! I was way off !
“Swim…Swammy…Slappy…Swanny…Swanson?”
I wanna talk to Sampson, fly me to the moon like that b**** Alice Crampton
cuz it’s hard being black and gifted, sometimes i wanna throw it all down and get lifted
When life is hard, I reach for the card with the smiley face, comin’ over to my place.
You can tell how crucial a signing is when 2/3 of the comments are pop culture references.
I like this move. Sampson has been a quality AAA arm for us and could steal that 5th rotation spot in Arlington.
I think he may get a few Cy Young votes